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Course Listing for CLASSICAL STUDIES - Fall 2025 (ALL: 09/02/2025 - 12/17/2025)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
3484 CLAS-384-01 Democracy on Stage 1.00 SEM Litvin, Boris MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: POLS-384-01
  This course investigates the relationship between stagecraft, representation, and collective agency in democratic life. Insofar as democracy aspires to maintain vibrant public conversations, this course considers how citizens are shaped by communal performances of myths, stories, and other manifestations of theater. How does theater cultivate democratic practices-and how might it perpetuate marginalization? Is there something theatrical at the core of democratic belonging? Investigating these questions, we turn to ancient Greek dramas, then place them into conversation with modern political theoretic debates about art and politics, and then consider recent transformations in stagecraft, focusing especially on social media and populism.
1491 CLAS-399-01 Independent Study 1.00 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available on the Registrar’s Office website, is required for enrollment.
2400 CLAS-401-01 Senior Seminar/Special Topics 1.00 SEM Risser, Martha M: 6:30PM-9:00PM TBA WEIP  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  A senior capstone course that combines seminar meetings with independent study and the writing of a final essay under the direction of a member of the department. Required of all Classics majors and open to all Classics minors (Classical Antiquity, Classical Tradition, Greek, and Latin). Approval of the chair is required.
1492 CLAS-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 course credit)
3485 CLCV-104-01 Mythology 1.00 LEC Brown, Emily MWF: 12:00PM-12:50PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 39 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 12 seats reserved for first-year students, 12 for sophomores, and 8 for Classical Studies majors.
  Generally, this course is a study of the role of myth in society; particularly, the emphasis will be laid on the body of Greek myth and its relationship to literature and art. Readings within the area of classical literature will be wide and varied, with a view to elucidating what "myth" meant to the ancient Greeks. Whatever truths are discovered will be tested against the apparent attitudes of other societies, ancient and modern, toward myth. Lectures and discussion.
3214 CLCV-218-01 Archaeology of the Holy Land 1.00 LEC Risser, Martha TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA GLB1  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with ARTHISTORY, HIST, JWST, RELG Cross-listing: LATN-318-01
  Through a survey of arts, architecture, material remains, and written accounts, this course traces the complex past of a region regarded as Holy Land by people of several major religions. We will evaluate incongruities between written texts and physical evidence; the contentious political and religious agendas that affected studies of these lands; and evidence for the ancient societies, cultures, economies, religions, and politics that contributed to shaping the modern Middle East.
3215 CLCV-241-01 Classical Ideals 1.00 LEC Risser, Martha TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WMGS Cross-listing: AHIS-241-01
  Examine the roots of modern beauty standards by digging into the history of the “classical ideal”, down to its origins in Greek and Roman representations of the human body. Social status and beauty seem always to have been correlated; how are nudity and clothing, the athletic ideal, gender and sexuality, and racialized ideals of beauty implicated in portrayals of the bodies of social actors and symbolic bodies? Even character and emotion were portrayed as physically embodied. We’ll analyze classical sculpture, painting, and other arts, supported by readings from studies in the history of art, critical approaches to conceptions of the human form, ancient medical texts, and Greek and Roman poetry.
1678 CLCV-399-01 Independent Study 1.00 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
1511 CLCV-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
3374 GREK-101-01 Intro Class & Biblical Greek I 1.00 LEC Brown, Emily MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  A course in the fundamentals of classical Greek, designed for those who begin the language in college.
2308 GREK-391-01 Special Topics/Ind Study 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
1697 GREK-399-01 Independent Study 1.00 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
1516 GREK-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
1021 LATN-101-01 Fundamentals for Reading Latin 1.00 LEC Tomasso, Vincent MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 4 seats reserved for first-year students, 5 for sophomores, 5 for juniors.
  This course focuses on the fundamental knowledge required to read and write in Latin. In addition to acquiring core vocabulary for reading major Latin authors, students learn the forms of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, with a special emphasis on the flexibility of noun cases, and basic subordinate clauses. This course is suitable for students who are embarking on the study of Latin, and an excellent review for students who have studied Latin previously.
2224 LATN-203-01 Latin in Roman Daily Life 1.00 LEC Cancelled HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Latin 102; or equivalent score on the Latin placement exam as determined by the Classics Department; or permission of the instructor
  This course builds on Latin 101 and 102 by covering complex grammar and expanding our look into aspects of Roman culture and society as Latin speakers created it with their words. How did Latin speakers describe the spaces where they lived, worked, and worshiped the gods? How did they interact with each other as citizens and family members? We'll read selections from ancient Latin texts and discuss their translation and interpretation. This course also prepares students for advanced Latin courses.
3434 LATN-218-01 Archaeology of the Holy Land 1.00 LEC Cancelled GLB1  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with ARTHISTORY, HIST, JWST, RELG
  Through a survey of arts, architecture, material remains, and written accounts, this course traces the complex past of a region regarded as Holy Land by people of several major religions. We will evaluate incongruities between written texts and physical evidence; the contentious political and religious agendas that affected studies of these lands; and evidence for the ancient societies, cultures, economies, religions, and politics that contributed to shaping the modern Middle East.
3479 LATN-318-01 Anc Judea through Roman Eyes 1.00 SEM Risser, Martha TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: CLCV-218-01
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Latin 203 or any 300 level Latin course; or equivalent score on the Latin placement exam as determined by the Classics Department; or permission of the instructor
  This class is hybridized with CLCV 218, Archaeology of the Holy Land. Students taking the course for Latin credit will read some of the sources in Latin: selections from the works of Cicero, Suetonius, Tacitus, Pliny the Elder, and Pliny the Younger; Latin inscriptions; and coin legends.
3502 LATN-399-01 Independent Study 1.00 - 2.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
1569 LATN-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
3421 PHIL-102-01 Intro to Political Phil 1.00 LEC Seeba, Erin MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 29 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLASSICS
  This course will consider some of the foundational issues of political philosophy such as the conflict between individual liberty and social welfare, the criteria for just distribution of wealth, the concept of equality, and the ideal forms of social cooperation. We will read from the works of some of the major political philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx.
3164 PHIL-335-01 Being, Life, Death: Heidegger 1.00 SEM Ewegen, Shane TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLASSICS
  Martin Heidegger is arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th century. Yet because of the myopia of the Anglo-American philosophic tradition, he has only recently begun to receive the attention he deserves in the English-speaking world. This seminar will make a careful study of Heidegger’s magnum opus, Being and Time. In addition to our reflection on the intrinsic meaning and merit of this book, we shall consider some of its important roots in the tradition and some of the ways in which it prepares the way both for Heidegger’s own radically transformed later thought and for the most recent trends in contemporary continental philosophy.
2757 POLS-219-01 History of Pol Thought I 1.00 LEC Smith, Gregory TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 40 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLASSICS
  NOTE: No Seniors unless by Instructor Permission.
  NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year students.
  This course provides the historical background to the development of Western political thought from Greek antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Readings from primary sources (Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, etc.) will help the students to comprehend the foundations of Western political philosophy and the continuity of tradition.